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Stopped in its Tracks

Chris Hall

Mandatory EU Green Bond Standard risks slowing issuance, but voluntary approach can still drive Taxonomy-aligned volumes. On the face of it, the market for green bonds is heading in the right direction, and fast.

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Take Five: Twin Peaks

Chris Hall

But measures to support the goals of the Paris Agreement must now sit alongside those needed to realise the objectives of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). In anticipation of the NCQG, the OECD released an analysis recommending use of public sector interventions to directly or indirectly finance climate action.

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Take Five: Modi Feels the Heat

Chris Hall

The forthcoming third round of nationally determined contributions to the Paris Agreement should not just be 1.5°C-aligned, Golden green – Australia took another step along its belated path to net zero under the Albanese government with the issuance of A$7 billion (US$4.7 billion) in green sovereign debt.

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Institutional Investors Progress on Climate Action Plans

Chris Hall

About half of investors also mentioned climate solutions and some sort of investments in green bonds and assets, or transition assets. Of the other 11 investors, however, only two have board-level governance of their climate strategy and plans. “We

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Take Five: Adapting to Reality

Chris Hall

SLB-washing – Sustainability-linked bonds took an unexpected leap toward inclusion in the common lexicon this week when they were fingered by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism as the latest example of greenwashing.

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Keeping Up with the Neighbours 

Chris Hall

A person close to the Australian Treasury understands that the ‘Finance Agenda’ consultation is likely to include disclosures, taxonomy, transition planning and greenwashing, including financial product labelling. Parker from RIAA welcomes the potential for a product labelling system in Australia.